Wrigby Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Wrigby Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Wrigby Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden101:984,67673,605
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England241:1,015,64040,589

Wrigby Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Wrigby Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Wrigby is found in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Wrigby click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Wrigby? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,063,924th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. The surname Wrigby is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Wrigby live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in Scandinavia.

The last name is most frequent in Sweden, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 984,676. In Sweden it is mostly concentrated in: Västra Götaland County, where 60 percent reside and Örebro County, where 40 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Brigby831/
Wregbe6728/
Braighboy671/
Wrugbe671/
Brigbe671/
Bregby671/
Wreigue621/
Brigbee620/
Bregboy620/
Brigway620/
Brigui501,570/
Brigue50325/
Bregbe500/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Wrigby
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